October 31st, 2018In a bid to help startups grow and expand, the Karnataka state government has signed up 21 firms including Uber, Ola, Swiggy and Bata for its ambitious programme called Samruddhi. The programme aims at creating 10,000 entrepreneurs annually over the next three years from among the SC/ST youth.
Under this, once the youth is skilled...

October 8th, 2018India has been coming up with various programmes for startups for a long time. The Karnataka State Government has now launched its ambitious programme called Unnati.
This programme is basically focused on promoting technology startups steered by SC/ST entrepreneurs as well as those that are developing a product or a solution with...

July 2nd, 2018Indian industrialist and investor, Ratan Naval Tata who is well known as the former chairman of the popular conglomerate Tata Sons (one of the two holding companies of Tata group). Ratan Tata has done a commendable job in terms of investment activities and has been taking a keen interest in the Indian Startup ecosystem. With the help of...

June 26th, 2018In an attempt to push startup environment facilitating the listing of startups in different sectors IT, ITES, biotech, 3D printing, space tech, and e-commerce, BSE India is launching a platform for new-age companies from July 9.
The maiden platform will help in the listing of startups from other sectors too including defence, drones,...

June 26th, 2018In the recent years, the Narendra Modi led Government of India has been focusing more and more on a wide universe of emerging startups, and for this, the government has been bringing in new programmes and opportunities for bringing out the best in these companies and help them in innovation and nurturing. Several initiatives have been...

June 7th, 2018While the venture capital industry is rapidly thriving, still we see women seeking struggle with raising funds or left behind the boom because of hidden prejudices, gender bias and general unawareness. And a recent report of low-brow behaviour by high profile investors towards women makes it all of it more important to understand where...

June 6th, 2018Paytm Head Vijay Shekhar Sharma and venture capitalist Shailesh Vickram Singh have together launched an environmental protection fund which will be dedicated to investing in startups, companies and individuals working towards mitigating environment-related problems in the country.
The new massive fund which is first of its kind will...